KODI for TEXAS
@KodiforTexas
Bringing red and blue Texas back together again—under one bright shining lone star. Former Independent candidate for state representative, HD19.
My dad was a football coach. In football, like all team sports, a team holds itself together with accountability. Accountability isn't blame. @GregAbbott_TX fundamentally doesn't understand or has forgotten this fact. @HoustonChron houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo… via @houstonchron
The Shrine to Texas Heritage adds to its rare collection of freedom artifacts.
Just announced on @CBSMornings! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure this summer, the Alamo has officially acquired the original screen-used stunt bike from the film! 🚲
Thought: Next time there is a legitimate TX census redistricting, @texasdemocrats should tell their TX state senators and representatives not to abandon their competitive seats for safe ones. Texans pay for that lack of competition from taxes to unsafe land use laws.
Donald Trump is using Texas as the blueprint for other states to follow in order to protect his slim majority. & Greg Abbott is his obedient servant. Why is our Governor letting Trump’s priorities take precedent over flood relief? #txlege
Remarkable: Within 2 minutes, Governor Newsom argues that all states should have independent commissions for redistricting and then explains why he thinks Californians should maybe get rid of theirs
NEWS: Newsom floats calling for a special election to change CA constitution on redistricting: "[The legislature] can put something on the ballot. I could call a special election. We can change the constitution with the consent of the voters, and I think we would win that."
I am just discovering the work of @Rebuild_News! Yes, I am a big fan of local news—and a bit of a rural newspaper junkie—and glad to know others are too!!
The Local Journalist Index is live: A first-of-its-kind report from @muckrack and Rebuild Local News reveals a more widespread, severe shortage of local journalists across the U.S. than previously understood. Read the report: localjournalistindex.com
This is great reporting. Link to the article at the end of the thread. 🧵
NEW: As part of my effort to track @ElonMusk's influence in the Texas Capitol, I asked for all of his emails with Gov. Greg Abbott for the last several months. Abbott's office rejected my request, saying some of the records are too "intimate and embarrassing" to release. #txlege
This is interesting.
There's a new battery record in Texas. Last night was the first time batteries discharged over 6,000 megawatts of power to the ERCOT grid. Solar record Thursday. Battery record Friday. No conservation alerts, no grid emergencies. #txlege #txenergy
It's okay to criticize your government -- it doesn't have feelings. #txlege
Who gets us kids @scottbraddock and @JeremySWallace? I am sad 😢
TWO HIGH PROFILE #TXLEGE DIVORCES IN TWO DAYS! Now the Texas Take podcast is ending, not on "Biblical grounds", but because of creative differences between Scott Braddock and Jeremy Wallace. Sad.
This matters more than you think it does👇
More than 1,000 U.S. counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist. niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-re…
You know: destroying a community of interest here and a community of interest there, over the course of a generation, starts to add up.
BREAKING: Gov. Greg Abbott has just released an agenda for a special session starting July 21. It includes redrawing the Texas Congressional Districts ahead of the 2026 midterms to help the Republicans eek out more seats in case GOP lose seats in other states.
2036 has good information and insight. That is all.
As Texas’ older population grows, they will increasingly depend on working-age Texans for support, @Hrdwhat told reporter @JoshuaFechter. “Texas is less equipped than many other states to take care of our aging population,” she said. Full story via @TexasTribune ➡️…
The events of last week and weekend are truly heartbreaking. From the Guadalupe to the Colorado rivers, from Williamson to Kerr, our beloved communities took it on the chin. Thank you to all out doing the hard work.
This is the vehicle that a woman tried to get away from the flood in. She did not make it. I was with her family earlier in the week. She has not been found.
Absolute heroes @kerrvilleisd coaches and staff stepped up in the face of deadly flooding – driving school buses to rescue hundreds of stranded campers
According to Mark Jones’ analysis voting against HB 13 increased scores on the “conservative” rating. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has now scrubbed their 2025 “scorecard” votes off their website.
Teaching moment. The post 👇 is unacceptable. If we hope to reclaim our political lives, let’s start where we stand. We must demand that policy posts include facts and don’t conflate desired political outcomes with on-the-ground realities, especially during a tragedy.
Major rivers in the Texas Hill Country are flooding with water heading to area reservoirs—stay safe by staying out of the water.
At least six people are dead and some children staying in area camps are missing, caught in “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River. bit.ly/4ko7mto